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ESRB Rates Mega Man X2 for Virtual Console

With the re-release of Mega Man X on the Wii's Virtual Console back in April, it looks like the X series is set to return as a classification from the Entertainment Software Rating Board suggests,

Tucked away within the ESRB website is a rating for Mega Man X2. Originally released on the SNES back in 1994, the action platformer was also made available on the GameCube as part of the Mega Man X Collection in 2006.

The SNES original also utilised Capcom's CX4 chip, a floating point processor that allowed improved mapping and wireframe transforming; the other game to do so was its sequel Mega Man X3.

With no official announcement from Capcom yet, it could be a while until it appears on the Wii Shop Channel. We'll bring you news of release dates and pricing when they are made available.

Ah, the CX4 Chip and wireframing. Yeah, that was pretty cool for its time. It was only really used a couple of time, but eh. Just like in the caption, time again for those "ok" bike scenes. I felt this was the weakest of the original 3 X games as it just felt ho hum and the music definitely doesn't trump X1's or X3's. (Storm Eagle and Toxic Seahorse ftw

@ Bass_X0 I never said all chips could be emulated. Just that there might be a better chance now. We don't even know for sure if emulating these type of games is an issue. Maybe they just haven't got around to releasing those games yet.

I dont know. To be honest dont count it untill its released they can tell me over and over the its been ESRB rated but that doesnt mean anything. I mean Earthbound has been ESRB rated for years and it still hasn't been released on the VC.

@Kevin: Ducktales and Little Nemo will probably never come out on the VC due to the fact that they are not Capcoms own property. For example for Ducktales to get released on the VC they would also need Disney's ok as well and since Disney is now contracted with another compnay to do their video games this could be seeing as a conflict of interest. My suggestion if you are waiting for Ducktales to come out on the VC youd save yourself a lot of time by just picking up a NES and a copy of the cartridge.

It would probably easier for Disney to publish Capcom's Disney games on VC themselves than for Capcom to. LucasArts didn't have anything to do with developing or publishing the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones games yet they were still manage to publish them for the VC.

I had the Mega Man X Collection for the Gamecube but Capcom didn't make it compatible with component (480p) cables so I had to physically switch out the connection between component and composite every time I wanted to play the game through my Wii. Needless to say, I sold it so I will be looking forward to this release on the VC.

one of my favorite games of all time. I will buy this the day it comes out, despite owning it twice already (Megaman X Collection and the SNES cart). Too damn good--best music, best bosses, best Megaman X game.

Whats the hold up, sonik? Its that companies are showing little interest in releasing VC games; they've either moved on to the 3DS VC or are concentating soley on retail projects. Even just getting games rated and submitting them to Nintendo to upload to the VC requires someone to actually want to do so.

Not really, the only Yoshi's Island game that is coming is the GBA version hitting the 3DS for 3DS Ambassador only. Expect DK64, Yoshi's Island, Star Fox, Dr. Mario 64, and Pilot Wings 64 to hit VC sometime in the near future.

Luffy, its not impossible to get licensed games but its more expensive and harder work if the publisher doesn't already have the license for certain properties. Capcom really wanted to release Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on PS3 and XBOX360 so they went to get the license because the game would be a hot seller. They could have released their SNES Marvel games on the VC since they now had the license to do so but they didn't.

Nintendo wanted to aquire the Bond license to release N64 GoldenEye 007 on VC but Microsoft stood in their way.

Because many licenses are usually more trouble than they're worth to get, companies just aren't going to bother getting them.